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Com. v. Saranchak

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Middle District
Nov 8, 1999
559 Pa. 111 (Pa. 1999)

Opinion

No. J-129-1998.

Submitted: May 28, 1998.

November 8, 1999

Appeal from the Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Schuylkill County entered May 28, 1997, at Nos. 889 and 889A of 1993, No. 172 Capital Appeal Docket.

Robert Brett Dunham, Philadelphia, for D. Saranchak.

Claude A.L. Shields, Pottsville, for Com.

Robert A. Graci, Harrisburg, for Attorney General's Office.

Before FLAHERTY, C.J., and ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN, and SAYLOR, JJ.


ORDER


AND NOW, this 8th day of November, 1999, the Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Schuylkill County dated May 28, 1997, denying the Petition for Post-Conviction Relief, is vacated and the matter is remanded to the common pleas court. Present counsel shall be permitted to file an amended petition for collateral relief within thirty days, following which the matter shall proceed in accordance with Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure 1506(e)(1) and 1509.

Jurisdiction relinquished.


Summaries of

Com. v. Saranchak

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Middle District
Nov 8, 1999
559 Pa. 111 (Pa. 1999)
Case details for

Com. v. Saranchak

Case Details

Full title:COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Appellee v. DANIEL SARANCHAK, Appellant

Court:Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Middle District

Date published: Nov 8, 1999

Citations

559 Pa. 111 (Pa. 1999)
739 A.2d 162

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